- From: Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:56:54 -0700
- To: "T. Kuro Kurosaka" <kuro@bhlab.com>
- CC: www-international@w3.org
On 8/21/2011 4:26 PM, T. Kuro Kurosaka wrote: > > Why use the language attribute? > > http://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/new-language-decl/qa-lang-why > > > > The following example shows how you can apply different quotation > marks for quotations in German text. > > These quotation marks will be used to surround the content of a q > element > > with the attribute lang="de". > > > > :lang(en) > * { quotes: '"' '"' "'" "'"; } > > :lang(en) > * { quotes: '„' '“' '‚' '‘'; } > > q:before { content: open-quote; } > > q:after { content: close-quote; } > > > Perhaps this sample illustrates how to change quotation marks > depending on the language, and the the second line meant to > be :lang(de) rather? Looks like you spotted a typo. > I didn't get what the last two lines mean but that's probably because > I don't have enough knowledge about CSS that this article requires. > They should be instructions to add quotes before or after a "q" element. The source text would not contain the quotes as it would otherwise be more difficult to make them vary by language. A./
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